We call this format the row 0 version of the objective function (row 0 for short).

The Dakota Furniture Company manufactures desks, tables, and chairs. The manufacture of each type of furniture requires lumber and two types of skilled labor: finishing and carpentry.
The amount of each resource needed to make each type of furniture is given in Table 4.
Currently, 48 board feet of lumber, 20 finishing hours, and 8 carpentry hours are available.
A desk sells for $60, a table for $30, and a chair for $20. Dakota believes that demand for desks and chairs is unlimited, but at most five tables can be sold. Because the available resources have already been purchased, Dakota wants to maximize total revenue.

Defining the decision variables as x1 = number of desks produced x2 = number of tables produced x3 =number of chairs produced it is easy to see that Dakota should solve the following LP:

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Z Cx1 - C2X2 C=0